• Who are your key stakeholders?

    Who are your key stakeholders?

    And when did you last have a coffee with them? At this year’s Design Leadership Retreat, we did a very simple exercise: a classic…

  • When do you need a DesignOps hire?

    When do you need a DesignOps hire?

    When does a design team actually need DesignOps (or a similar supporting role)? I hear this question a lot from design leaders and it…

  • Top 10 Design Leadership Challenges

    Top 10 Design Leadership Challenges

    As part of my masterclasses of the 2025 Leadership Ateliers in Lisbon and Berlin, we ran a live, interactive session with 73 design leaders…

  • Benchmark your Design Team

    Benchmark your Design Team

    As part of my research, I’ve been diving into the topic of how you can benchmark your design team. After all having a solid…

  • Lead UX Podcast

    Lead UX Podcast

    I had the pleasure of being a guest on the German podcast “Lead UX” with Dr. Thomas Vöhringer-Kuhnt. We discussed the Design Leadership Framework…

  • A Strategy for Your Design Team

    A Strategy for Your Design Team

    Leading a design team is a complex, multifacetted task. The Design Leadership Framework describes five key areas that design leaders have to address to…